African straight | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Parnara |
Species: | P. naso
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Binomial name | |
Parnara naso (Fabricius, 1798)
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Parnara naso, the African straight or straight swift, is a skipper butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found on Mauritius, Réunion and Madagascar.[1] The habitat consists of forest margins and anthropogenic environments.
The larvae feed on Oryza sativa and Saccharum officinarum.